I’ve used them both. Zyrtec will make you drowsy. I find it’s a good bedtime med as it puts me out pretty quickly. Claritin is a better day time pill as it doesn’t put me to sleep.
Your response my differ, so until you’ve been on it a few days, don’t let your dog operate heavy equipment.
Top of the page? Blueberry pancakes with real maple syrup or all.
Thanks Ulrich I never seen that video before. A bit creepy to say the least. May have been a little more appropriate at Halloween time.
I can usually look or watch anything taken with a grain of salt. I tend to not take things too personally. The few images where the reaper was hovering over the book, I must say I didn’t care for, not in the least[:#][:S]… maybe sometimes I do take things personally[(-D]
PS Nothing to do with you. You didn’t make the video, you only posted it, Thanks again[swg]
An interesting day yesterday to say the least.
A little better than a month ago I went to take my classic car out for a romp. I didn’t even get out of the driveway and my brake pedal went to the floor. Better in the driveway then somewhere else, Definitely!
My good friend, a retired mechanic came up to help me put in a new master cylinder. I got lucky (or so I thought) there was only one available in the Twin Cities area at a parts store warehouse.
To make a long story short. After we installed it, the brake pedal was so high my knee hits the steering wheel when I apply the brakes. The parts store swears it was the right part.
So back to “yesterday was an interesting day”.
I went out to my friend’s house to take this new master cylinder out. It was our thoughts we could swap out pushrods using the old shorter pushrod from the old master cylinder… we could not get the push rod out of the new master cylinder. We tried everything in the book. We even tried sliding thin spark plug Gap gauges in on both sides to release the O-ring. Nothing worked.
After half a day of trying. We put the master cylinder back in the car so I could get home…huh,…wouldn’t you know it. Now the brake switch doesn’t work and I have no brake lights. Sometimes old original parts don’t like to be disturbed.
Well I limped myself home using the old pull the light switch one click t
Funny, I just watch the second clip, You come up with the best videos Ulrich… The guy on the bike was the first one to be brave… or maybe stupid. I would not ride through smoke where I could not see.
Thanks… keep them coming, always enjoyed[;)]
Noon diners,
Yesterday we built a new set of stairs for the front porch. My brother is painting it now.
Nothing on the train front.
Well I’ll be around.
Afternoon, everybody. T-storms coming through in waves today. Not bad right now, “they” say it’ll get muggy.
Replaced 2 Atlas #6 turnouts today. The old ones were brass, I got ALOT of mileage out of them. New NS ones dropped right in. Also added feeders to all three legs. Better safe than sorry. Picked up that tip on another thread on the forum. Next on the to-do list is planting Tichy Train Group whistle post and RR crossing signs. I also bought 3 of their water towers.They look just like the ones in our small towns up here(or down here for my Canada buddies!) I have some dry transfer letters I’ll add for town names.
That’s it for now. Hope everyone’s doing good!
Terry
Good Sunday morning from “fall is in the air” The smoke went, had a nice fresh air day with a breeze off the Pacific and then got the smoke coming up from California. Now it is gently raining and it feels so good as we have only had a few drops since May.
Went to the football game with the kid last night and had a great time. Tickets first row at centre ice $200.00, beer and popcorn $45.00 parking $20.00, being an idiot and accidentally not buying enough time on the parking $75.00. What a maroon I am.[(-D] It was all worth it. Someday I’ll be dead and I’ll miss going to the games with the kid.[(-D]
I cranked up the layout yesterday and ran trains for hours. It did not start off good at all. My 2-10-4 kept derailing on many of the turnouts and I could not see anything wrong at all. I flipped the loco for a good look, I ran my fingers back and forth along the turnout and still nothing. I got the super duper mag and started looking at the switches and found minuscule bits of fiber caught in the frogs from my recent track cleaning. Now I had run trains right after the cleaning and had no issues, but since then fibers dried out and got hard and wham-o.
We had to (of course) get the Deadpool 2 video and got the Super Duper cut with all the extras. There is a chapter on the extras disc called the “Deadpool prison experiment”. The kid is featured and shown quite a lot in it. He was scripted as a named actual long time X-Force mutant and thus featured along with the rest of them. Ryan Renolds is working on an X-Force movie and has stated the X-Force characters will be in it. So the kids’ movie career may have some life still left in it. He is also on the blooper real.
When the video disc was released the cast got a letter reminding them about non-disclosure and all that stuff. They are ruthless when enforcing that, so I won’t post any photos or anything else to jeopardize him.
Steven, you ask about the Northern Lights. We get a s
LION listens to WOR (710-NYC). Him gets local Bismarck and Dickinson Commercials.
ROARING
Good morning to you too Brent[swg]
Fall is in the air agreed! I had said something about this, I do believe last fall.
When you hear the Crickets during the day especially in the morning you know fall is coming the seasons are changing[;)]
I don’t know, somebody blew it out of context and said those aren’t crickets they are Sequoias Katydids whatever… I guess someone didn’t quite exactly get my gist.
Fall is here you are correct.
Sorry about your family festive parking ticket… always seems to happen when you’re trying to have fun.[:S]
You did have fun. Like you said it was all worth it[:D]
PS I sent a request to the man upstairs for Canadian Rain[st]
Afternoon diners,
Brent the “STEVE” is an aurora like red/purple streak in the night sky, it is some form of sky glow but separate from aurora.
Thats STEVE.
I’m considering watching some super hero movies to expand my cinematic knowledge, anyone who’s more knowledgeable about them have a good place to start?
Steven, thanks for explaining about the “STEVE”. I have now done my reading on the subject. Learning something every day is a good thing.
I have never seen the “STEVE”, however, if you get north of 55, the Milky Way is amazing. You can see the shape of it and see where Earth sits amongst the Stars. Any further South and the light pollution from the cities affects the view. Been camping up there many a time in some remote places. Our whole planet seems pretty insignificant after you stay up to the wee hours looking at the heavens.
I have seen even better than this at times.
Can’t help in the Superhero movie dept. I would often take a truckload of kids to the latest one on a rainy Saturday as my kids grew up, but to say I understood how they all related to each other is asking toooooooo much.[(-D] I was only the chauffeur and popcorn buyer.
My favourite Mark Twain quote.
Afternoon Diners
Flo, give the gang and I a [B] and Ulrich, Rick and Steven what they want.
Ble Olyster Cult Don’t Fear The Reaper. You folks know the song is about Herion, right? [:-^]
Window A/C I was just getting to leave to spend $300.00 I could not afford for a new A/C unit. I was going as soon as I was done cutting the rearyard weed fest. My daughter called to let us know she and my son inlaw was dropping by. My wife told them I may not be here and why. Turns out they had a used A/C in the garage we could have. While it is way to small at 5000 BTU’s it is better than nothing. It will get us by with it being the end of summer. While I could sleep last night it was not cool by any means.
Brent I keep telling the wife that, but just does not understand. I am calling some roofing companys to get repair and replacement cost.
Later, Ken
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No one will agree with me, but as far as I am concerend, Kick-Ass starring Nicholas Cage and Chloe Grace Moretz is the most entertaining “Super Hero” movie out there.
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Probably the best starting spot is the original Iron Man starring Robert Downey Junior.
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-Kevin
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Evening diners,
The first and last “superhero” movie I watched was Captain America, yeah the first on.
I used to watch the old OLD Batman, but anyways.
The new Avengers Infinity War movie has piqued my interest but I know how some movies are, you can’t watch episode V of star wars till you’ve seen Episode IV, so that’s why I’m asking.
I finally got the Heavy Duty Flat Car kit, cost me 38 plus 11 shipping somebody decided to bid big time in the last minute, but I beat 'em.
I probably won’t start the second Super Gondola till next payday, or at least closer to it.
But I’ve got plenty of stuff to do this week MRRing wise, I’ve got a F45 spartan cab and the heavy flat with a load.
Here’s some railfanning.
I’ll be around.
$49 for a flat car ???
I would have stopped at around $15 … including shipping ! And even that is about $5 more than it’s worth.
Is it just me ? Or are price’s of “chunk’s of plastic” just getting out of hand ?
I started at 26 plus shipping, I got a out bid so I just bid 40 and ended up winning.
I bid on another one last week and I got out bid around 35 bucks, so I figured I’m going big or going home.
Steven - your strategy may be wrong. Your initial bid should be for the amount you are willing to pay and should not be touched again. If you don´t win it, that´s it. Never get engaged in a biiding war!
I usually pay around $50 to 60 for a used engine in excellent condition, meaning just requiring some cleaning and lubing.
Good Monday Morning…
Here it is the last week of August already. I’m amazed at how quickly the days fly by!
I follow a group on Flickr called the North American Prototype Modelers. I am often awed by the calibre of their modeling and photography skills. Here is one of their recent photos:
Zephyr at Union Terminal by NAPM Model Railroad Club, on Flickr
I know Garry is going to like that one. Look at all that lattice work and the realism of the concrete platform. Quite inspiring I must say.
This link will take you to their stream of 143 photos. Sometimes I click the slideshow icon and enjoy the show.
Another of my favorites:
Nighttime Bustle by NAPM Model Railroad Club, on Flickr
Ok, one more for the Burlington fans (me included) [:-^]
NAPM… another Way of the Zephyrs! by NAPM Model Railroad Club, on Flickr
I hope you find the photos enjoyable.
Ebay? My Ebay score is 1500 transactions and I don’t recall ever being disappointed in any of my purchases or sales. Maybe it is luck, but mostly it is diligence, patience and willingness to pass on any item that goes above my set limits.
Cheers! Ed
Ed, you should start a separate forum thread on this topic. Non-Diners may miss this link and would certainly enjoy viewing those photos.
Rich
Good morning everybody … Coffee and a donut, please.
Ed … I’m impressed with the Model Railroad Group… I assume it is an on-line group and not a club layout somewhere. Nice CB&Q photos.
Terry … Good to read about you working on the layout. I no long have any brass rail track.
I hope everybody had a nice weekend.
Hello everyone.
Well, since I really don’t represent NAPM I didn’t want to act as their “agent” but simply wanted to share with the folks in the diner some of the incredable work these people have done.
They have a layout in Milwaukee, Garry.
In 1985, NAPM found what has proven to be the ideal permanent home situated beneath an easy-to-reach landmark building in the city of Milwaukee. The club’s quarters are in excess of five thousand (5,000) square feet and are divided between layout, meeting room, work, and storage spaces, all accessible to members “24/365”. Convenient parking and rest room facilities are provided, and even restaurants of several varieties are within a short walking distance.
I don’t recall seeing them featured in M-R. Perhaps they like to “fly under the radar” and not draw too much attention to themselves?
I “follow” about thirty or-so contributors to Flickr and occasionally a NAPM photo will come up. When the shot of the California Zepher was posted I simply got the inkling to share it here.
Enjoy! Ed